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The latest information on SNAP/ Food Stamp advocacy in Massachusetts.
National Call-In Day & other important updates
TODAY is National Call-In Day to Urge Action for Comprehensive COVID-19 Package Before Congress Adjourns!
SNAP Coalition tomorrow and LTEs from Central MA to #BoostSNAPNow and MA Food Systems follow up survey
We hope you had a relaxing Labor Day weekend and are geared up for the battles ahead, including making sure Congress does not leave town without a robust package to fund extending Unemployment, SNAP boost and state and local aid. Please join us for Coalition tomorrow. Here’s some updates.
#BoostSNAPNow campaign continues:
SNAP Updates including Hunger Action Day and Virtual Town Hall TODAY, 3 PM with Congressman McGovern
Thank you all for your social media and calls to the MA Congressional Delegation yesterday. KEEP IT UP! We are alerting you to some important events today.
Hunger Action Day today, September 10th
Attached is the Greater Boston Food Bank alert on Hunger Action Day. All the nation’s food banks are rallying around Hunger Action Month during September. We urge you to reach out to family, friends and neighbors and urge them to take action THIS WEEK!
Federal action for Labor Day weekend, DTA updates
Thank you to all of you who joined yesterday’s Zoom call. 102 participants! Wow, we figured you were all vacationing. It was a pleasure to have you on the call along with our national partners from FRAC. THANK YOU for all you do to serve low income Massachusetts households.
Federal Updates & Labor Day media push:
Dept of Public Health COVID-19 Community Impact Survey: upcoming community partner webinars
SNAP Coalition Zoom call info for tomorrow, Sept 1!
- Federal update - action steps on a coronavirus package to #BoostSNAPnow, info on child nutrition / school meal waivers, etc.
August supplemental SNAP, recerts by phone, MA unemployment rate news & call to action
SNAP updates: Auto replacement for outages; EBT card issuance, college students, immigrant households and more!
In follow up to Tuesday’s SNAP Coalition meeting, there are important updates we’d like to share. In terms of a “perfect storm” of challenges, in early August many parts of MA suffered extensive power outages in early August; the $600/week federal pandemic unemployment stopped, and DTA received over 23,000 SNAP applications the first two weeks of August.
SNAP Coalition Zoom Agenda 8/18; Extension on SNAP Replacement Benefits and Troubleshooting SNAP/Unemployment Comp cases
We have important updates on both SNAP replacement benefits and denied SNAP applications due to DTA erroneously counting $600/week federal pandemic unemployment (FPUC). Also below, the SNAP Coalition Agenda and Zoom call in information.
Replacement SNAP benefits. More time to report loss of food SNAP due to Storm Isaias